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so the market and the economy are like two different things right now. people say i don't understand. markets are at record highs. trying to explain that imbalance is one of the most challenging things we have to do. >> the debt ceiling threat, as that looms yet again, february 7th, is that something that you worry about that maybe the second time around on the heels, only a quarter plus later? >> two things. one, unlikely republicans will use the tool as a shutdown again. is that good news? you could argue yes. there are a lot of people who wish we would default, wish we would default, take the pain. if you and i were running up debt, eventually we would miss a bill. >> sure. there's a lot of people who argue the united states needs to go through that exercise. i think this last example shows that politicians, when the fire is in the living room, they're going to find a way to make it work. >> squawk on the street. mark haines was the man for so long. i was scared to death. like the 800 pound gorilla. i thought he was going to bite. yet he was a love. >
so the market and the economy are like two different things right now. people say i don't understand. markets are at record highs. trying to explain that imbalance is one of the most challenging things we have to do. >> the debt ceiling threat, as that looms yet again, february 7th, is that something that you worry about that maybe the second time around on the heels, only a quarter plus later? >> two things. one, unlikely republicans will use the tool as a shutdown again. is that...
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usually for developed country agriculture is a big chunk of yoaustralia's economy. meaning that farmers hold a large amount of sway. will they block a deal because it's foreigners taking over. >> why the mexican government is trying to breathe new life into day of the dead celebrations. and how one man's gold frenzy lifted his team to the top of the pile in germany. we'll have more in sports. you are. >> for some parents a book instead of a toy inside of a mcdonald's happy meal sound like a good idea. >> instead of toys that you don't even use i think books are going to be more useful. >> i think it's a good idea. it encourages literature. >> reporter: for two weeks the golden arches is replacing happy meal toys with four different children's books focusing on nutrition and healthy eating. earlier this year mcdonald's launched a similar program in england. >> reporter: groups have been targeting mcdonald for years for targeting glide kids. >> mcdonald focusing on kids and promoting their food as healthy, when it's not. >> reporter: announce the plan to distribute 20
usually for developed country agriculture is a big chunk of yoaustralia's economy. meaning that farmers hold a large amount of sway. will they block a deal because it's foreigners taking over. >> why the mexican government is trying to breathe new life into day of the dead celebrations. and how one man's gold frenzy lifted his team to the top of the pile in germany. we'll have more in sports. you are. >> for some parents a book instead of a toy inside of a mcdonald's happy meal...
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and the economy doesn't work that way. so, you know, if we're going to see more rapid growth, you know, it's fairly narrow places it has to come from. you know, are we going to see some surge in consumption? very hard to see. is there going to be a surge in investment? you know, very hard to see. basically, the government's the one entity that has the ability to boost the economy. >> by spending money? >> by spending money. larger deficits. you know, that is what it boils down to. and that's, you know, you cannot say that. i mean, i've talked to people in the administration, talked to people in congress, they go, "oh, i'll get killed if i say that." well, some of them got to say it because that happens to be true. >> do you believe it? >> absolutely. i mean, if you want to look at the economy in a very simple way, we'll just get rid of the import-export sector because for the u.s., this won't change the story. you've got households, you've got the government, you've got businesses. households tend to be net savers because
and the economy doesn't work that way. so, you know, if we're going to see more rapid growth, you know, it's fairly narrow places it has to come from. you know, are we going to see some surge in consumption? very hard to see. is there going to be a surge in investment? you know, very hard to see. basically, the government's the one entity that has the ability to boost the economy. >> by spending money? >> by spending money. larger deficits. you know, that is what it boils down to....
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our large economy's made up of all these little economies that are added up into the overall. i think the basic problem is we don't have enough jobs, particularly for young people. these young men -- who are these young men who are 20 to 24 and have almost a 15% unemployment rate. they're kids who just got out of college. they're kids maybe who didn't go to college, who didn't finish college and they go out there and there just are not the jobs for them that there might have been in a different decade. >> with the previous segment, beyond the dream, we showed him helping young people. should more young people be concerned about creating their own business rather than depending on someone else to get a job? >> when you're an entrepreneur and something goes wrong, you're in that business at 2:00 in the morning when your computer's not working. you can't call your tech guy because you don't have your tech guy, you're it. or if you have a person who's outside, they come in and you're working after hours. this is what being an entrab pra anywhere is all about. a lot of people don't
our large economy's made up of all these little economies that are added up into the overall. i think the basic problem is we don't have enough jobs, particularly for young people. these young men -- who are these young men who are 20 to 24 and have almost a 15% unemployment rate. they're kids who just got out of college. they're kids maybe who didn't go to college, who didn't finish college and they go out there and there just are not the jobs for them that there might have been in a different...
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we are $17 trillion economy. the largest economy in the world. we have the most billionaires in the world. we have a tremendous amount of money that could be used if we chose to use it. if we chose to raise taxes on certain groups, if we chose to raise taxes on certain corporations, if we chose to readjust maybe 2% to 3% of gross national product, two hundred million sopa trillion, we have all the wherewithal economically to create a viable new war on poverty. how do you do this? if it is a political problem you got to change the politics. we have had 40 years of people saying government doesn't work, it can only deliver clemens. the government can only deliver lemons, why give it more money to develop bad programs? it seems to me the way you break out of this destructive cycle is push a few programs that will be universally popular, that you could implement and could work and in working would shift the discussion about the role of government the same way social security did in 1930s. i actually start, i have a whole bunch of solutions but start
we are $17 trillion economy. the largest economy in the world. we have the most billionaires in the world. we have a tremendous amount of money that could be used if we chose to use it. if we chose to raise taxes on certain groups, if we chose to raise taxes on certain corporations, if we chose to readjust maybe 2% to 3% of gross national product, two hundred million sopa trillion, we have all the wherewithal economically to create a viable new war on poverty. how do you do this? if it is a...
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economy. we are truly committed to our role as a major exporter from the united states. since our initial $300 million investment in the early 1990's, with an annual capacity of 50,000 vehicles, we have invested an additional $6 billion over the years and expanded the facility to the point where annual production is over 300,000 cars. today, the plant alone employs 7000 people supporting the local economy to the tune of $8.8 billion per year and supports an additional 31,000 jobs through south carolina. from the suppliers to our workers at the ports, to the local coffee shop, our manufacturing plant in spartanburg helps to drive the economy. now we come to the final letter of the acronym possible. -- profitable. why we selected spartanburg. here are a few facts to help you understand the scope of what we do. we produce all x3, x5 and x6 vehicles. soon there will be a new x4. production in 2012 was 300,000 units. we expect to grow to 350,000 this year. and they here -- here is a fact that may s
economy. we are truly committed to our role as a major exporter from the united states. since our initial $300 million investment in the early 1990's, with an annual capacity of 50,000 vehicles, we have invested an additional $6 billion over the years and expanded the facility to the point where annual production is over 300,000 cars. today, the plant alone employs 7000 people supporting the local economy to the tune of $8.8 billion per year and supports an additional 31,000 jobs through south...
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then around 2009, beginning 2009 actually win the world economy seemed to be about to collapse in detroit in particular, the auto companies were on the verge of bankruptcy, i went back for rolling stone where i'm a features writer and wrote an article just about the outer industry. and while i was back there i saw a journalist coming from not only all over the country but all of the world really looking at detroit as sort of a metaphor for everything that had gone wrong, and a lot of them are coming into town for a day or two in writing what i felt were sort of superficial portraits of the city. so yeah, for me as a native, i started thinking about how maybe i could bring more nuance hopefully to the story, really spend some time there. not only write about the sort of grimaced and most obvious dark sides of what goes wrong in a postindustrial city, but also bring up things like the weirdness of the place. it's a very strange and darkly, funny place. i wanted to really, most of all, bring up the stories of the people who still live there. a lot of the photos that you see a detroit online
then around 2009, beginning 2009 actually win the world economy seemed to be about to collapse in detroit in particular, the auto companies were on the verge of bankruptcy, i went back for rolling stone where i'm a features writer and wrote an article just about the outer industry. and while i was back there i saw a journalist coming from not only all over the country but all of the world really looking at detroit as sort of a metaphor for everything that had gone wrong, and a lot of them are...
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it's known as a [inaudible] for the legitimate economy. in guatemala, calf doirn, mention, and chinese gain are laundering money through ranching. they are cleaning vast areas of land and destroying the environment. they are selling cattle on the mexican side for profit. and of course, they are competing with a legal companies. chinese gangs are also involved in illegal logging. and the wood is sent to asia. illegal logging is going on in columbia and brazil and also connected with organized crime. moving on to illegal mining. organized crime in colombia is -- operations in the country. including the unlicensed extraction of gold and other metal. gold is used to launder money through other illegal activities like drug trafficking. those are just a trip through some of the diversification of the -- [inaudible] we also have found link between organized crime and organized crime from other regions. i'm just going mention a few. [inaudible] has been present in mexico, colombia, and seems to also be present in argentina. doing what? human traff
it's known as a [inaudible] for the legitimate economy. in guatemala, calf doirn, mention, and chinese gain are laundering money through ranching. they are cleaning vast areas of land and destroying the environment. they are selling cattle on the mexican side for profit. and of course, they are competing with a legal companies. chinese gangs are also involved in illegal logging. and the wood is sent to asia. illegal logging is going on in columbia and brazil and also connected with organized...
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it is also about the general state of the economy here. not usually a region that has suffered in the past. employment has been pretty good. but in recent months there has been a number of closure of food processing factories. they say the unions and the owners say they're being under cut by cheap labor unfairly elsewhere in europe. they're angry about that. they want the government to do something to redress that imbalance. they've been promised state aid to help them, but they clearly want this ecotax, which would put a tax on heavy lorries using the roads here as it would elsewhere in france, they want it scrapped here because many people's jobs rely on transportation taking their produce to other parts of france and the world. so a lot of strong opinions being expressed here, and they hope that they can convince franÇois hollande to change his mind about what he plans to do about this ecotax. >> now let's go back to doha. >> very much, indeed. afghanistan has been ranked the worse country in the world in the way it treats elderly peop
it is also about the general state of the economy here. not usually a region that has suffered in the past. employment has been pretty good. but in recent months there has been a number of closure of food processing factories. they say the unions and the owners say they're being under cut by cheap labor unfairly elsewhere in europe. they're angry about that. they want the government to do something to redress that imbalance. they've been promised state aid to help them, but they clearly want...